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Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Family Gatherings
Vernon City and nearby towns saw people visiting relatives across Michigan. Mrs. Ella Heiser of Lansing visits her nephew Warren Heiser in Clare and Sheridan, while many families travel between Vernon Muskegon Grand Rapids and Midland. The column records gatherings at homes, church events, birthdays and funerals with names such as Bowen Teale McConnell Pifer McDonel and Thrush among others.
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Kir
Thomas Bowen
Muskegon
James Bowen
Ella Heiser
Lansing
Warren Heiser
Clare and
Sheridan
David Teale
Loomis
Joe McConnell
Vernon
FF. G. Allen
Walter Tower
Glen
Grand Rapids
Floyd Pifer
Donna Mae
Fern June
Wilbur Siel
Mann Siding
James McDonel
William McRoberts
Lee McRoberts
Midland
Ernest Stevens
Ralph LePoskey
Ronald
Robert LePosky
Austin Trumble
Farwell
Carrie Perverse
Robert Archambault
Clare
R. J. Miller
Cadillac
Arthur Ginn
John Haring
Joan Marshall
Lorraine
Sandra Schultz
Etta Howard
Emma Youmans
C. A. Powlison
Lake
Margaret Briggs
Grayling
Hartwick Pines
Jerry Wicks
Perry Vanusickle
Bobby
Rosebush
Kenneth Gerren
Cynthia Emery
Amelia Gardner
Sadie Ogle
Lois Hansler
Margaret Farweil
James Sherman
George Snider
Frank
Henry Snider
Flint
Birdella Maitland
Sarah Aiey
Hubert Davis, Jr
Eola MacDonel
Hupert Davis
W. C. Artelift
Fordville
Arthur Johnson
Pratt District
Elmer Randell
Detroit
James Bradley
Shirley Randall
G. V. Davison
F. G. Allen